Austin grew up immersed in the wine industry in Santa Rosa, where he made his first wine at age 15. Austin worked at a number of wineries in Napa and Sonoma, but also in France, South Africa, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. He now works at Ovid as Ovid’s Winemaker.

Working since 2006 for Seguin Moreau as Research and Development Manager, Andrei previously worked as Chemist, Enologist and also as Superior Lector at Technical University of Moldova. Andrei holds a PhD on Chemical characteristics of oak and a Post-doc which studied the lifetime and activities of free polyphenols and polyphenolic-protein adducts.

Michel is a Bordeaux-based winemaker, with hundreds of clients across 13 countries and influencing wine style around the world. He and his wife Dany own numerous chateaux and brands of their own and an enology lab on the Right Bank in Libourne.

Mark is Professor & Plant Physiologist at the Department of Viticulture and Enology Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of UC Davis. His research is mainly directed to understand how plants interact with the physico-chemical environment, particularly with respect to water. Mark has a PhD in Crop Physiology.

Professor of Enology at UC Davis and PhD in Chemical Engineering, Roger is involved in the teaching of Wine Stability, Winery Design and Distilled Beverage Production. Lead author of the Principles and Practices of Winemaking, a book that is widely used and cited in English, Chinese and Spanish.

Steve Matthiasson has been consulting in vineyards throughout California on sustainability and wine quality for 15 years. He makes wine under the Matthiasson label, farms grapes and stone fruit, and raises two boys.

Steve is an Oregon resident who works with wine and grape phenolic chemistry. He has developed the phenolic assays offered by ETS, works with client support for the phenolic program and works on a range of ETS research projects. He has a PhD from Oregon State University in Plant Physiology and was Viticulturist at OSU for twelve years. He has been consulting with ETS since 1995.

Co-Founder of the Vintage Report, Thibaut brings his scientific expertise in viticulture and enology to the organization. He conceived the concept of the Vintage Report series to foster technical discussions around vintage effect while being respectful of local wine growing conditions. Throughout his scientific career, he has been exposed to numerous scientific and technical experts who imparted on him a desire to always learn more on the relationship between environmental stresses, vine and fruit physiological responses and its impact on wine quality. Having lived for 20 years in California Thibaut became inspired by the culture of open mindedness, clear communication and the power of social media to disseminate knowledge. Thibaut’s hope is that the Vintage report Series will continue to grow and contribute to disseminating reliable information within the wine industry. Ultimately, his objective is to benefit environmental resource management and help preserve the uniqueness of place and season as reflected by wine taste.